St. Benoit, VL, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Benoit, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 345. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.568°N, 74.096°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Benoit, VL had a population of 345: 129 male and 216 female residents. Population density was 3833.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 345 |
| 1921 | 414 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Benoit, 1901 (1.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Benoit, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 3,833.33 population per square mile, 345 total population, 216 females in the population, 141 single (never-married) females, 129 males in the population, 75 single (never-married) males, 69 families, 60 area in acres, 51 married females, 51 married males, 23 widowed females, 3 widowed males, 1 legally separated females, 0.09 area in square miles. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 343 persons of French origin, 1 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 345 Roman Catholics, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 66 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC156012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC052013_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911931
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "St. Benoit, VL, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-benoit-vl-qc156012-1911/.